AT&T ads from 1993 predicted the future

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21 Apr 2013, 20:11posted on

Wow, talk about using a crystal ball! A series of ads for AT&T from back in 1993 accurately predicted a host of things that we take for granted today, such as being able to use a tablet, turn-by-turn navigation, systems that zap toll payments from your bank account and conference calling from a remote location...

Forget "Wi-Fi or streaming video", 1993 was the year Mosaic, the first browser that could display text and graphics on the same page, was introduced. Mosaic was years later the base for Netscape Navigator which was, even later, the base for Firefox. It would be amazing if they hit on 10 or 25 percent, but to get 100% right (except for one hardware miss, there are ticket kiosks bit no video phone booths) boggles the mind.

A side note, if AT&T had filed for patents, they would expire this year.

I remember watching these commercials 20 years ago. Many of these things have come true in one form or another, although not exactly the same way. Tolls are paid with transponders. Video calling is done on a variety of portable and mobile devices. I think it is pretty cool to see things that were envisioned years ago that came true today.

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